I turned in Compulsion eight days ago, book 2 in the Max Revere series, and am awaiting notes from my editor which will come in the next week or two. One of the proble

I’m a big fan of action adventure movies. I love everything about them. The story, the choreography, the bigness of the production.  THE AVENGERS was one of my

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A second post today! Surprise! But I couldn’t contain my excitement. COLD SNAP is a finalist in the 2014 Thriller Awards for Best Paperback Original. I am totall

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I have a confession. Whenever a new show is a huge hit out of the gate, I don’t watch it. I don’t know why, I think I get overwhelmed by the hype. I figure

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Please welcome guest blogger Piper Bayard … a terrific writer and friend! I love her Bayard & Holmes newsletter and her mostly fun, but sometimes serious, bl

I was an only child. Wherever my mom went, so did I. My grandparents took me camping often in their trailer, and my grandpa had a cabin in Woodside where I spent many,